South Korea vs Trinidad and Tobago - prediction, team news, lineups

South Korea volition ramp up their World Cup 2026 preparations connected Sunday, erstwhile they instrumentality connected Trinidad and Tobago successful an planetary affable successful Utah.

The Tigers of Asia are backmost successful enactment for the archetypal clip since losing a brace of friendlies successful March, portion their opponents are winless successful their past six outings.

Match preview

South Korea volition play their archetypal crippled connected American ungraded up of the upcoming World Cup connected Sunday with the purpose of putting a brace of victories unneurotic successful mentation for the radical signifier adjacent month.

They secured their spot successful the summer's tourney successful benignant successful Asian qualifying, winning their 2nd circular radical with six wins from six games and topping their third-round group, unbeaten successful 10 matches, to progress.

After finishing 2025 with 3 affable victories, Hong Myung-bo's squad are yet to get going this year, having lone played a brace of friendlies successful March and suffered 2 losses, firstly being beaten 4-0 by Ivory Coast earlier losing 1-0 astatine the hands of Austria.

They person present headed to America with their sights acceptable connected the tourney kicking disconnected successful mid-June, arsenic they cogwheel up for an 11th consecutive quality connected the planetary signifier dating backmost to 1986, having astir precocious reached the circular of 16 successful 2022 and dropped retired astatine the hands of Brazil.

Now facing 2 friendlies against Trinidad and Tobago and El Salvador, earlier gathering Czech Republic, Mexico and South Africa successful radical A opening successful mid-June, South Korea volition anticipation to get a triumph nether their belts connected Sunday to statesman gathering momentum.

Their opponents, meanwhile, caput crossed to USA for a affable without a World Cup to cogwheel up for, with the purpose of arresting a winless tally dating backmost to October 2025.

Trinidad and Tobago precocious done the 2nd circular of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying but failed to advancement done the adjacent stage, finishing 3rd successful their third-round radical to miss retired connected an automatic group-stage spot oregon inter-confederation playoff.

That run ended with 3 draws arsenic they failed to pursuit down the apical two, earlier losing to Bolivia successful a affable and suffering a brace of FIFA Series losses successful March nether the caller absorption of Derek King.

Following a 4-1 beating astatine the hands of Venezuela, the Soca Warriors met Gabon past clip retired and failed to halt their rot, drafting 2-2 acknowledgment to Levi Garcia's brace earlier losing successful the resultant punishment shootout.

Now heading into a brace of friendlies with hopes of turning their fortunes astir and getting disconnected the people nether King, Trinidad and Tobago volition acceptable retired to bounce backmost to winning ways successful Utah.

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Team News

South Korea caput into their brace of friendlies with their chosen 26-man World Cup squad, and Hong Myung-bo whitethorn statesman with a full-strength starting XI to trial his team.

Talismanic guardant Son Heung-min arrives consecutive from the commencement of the MLS play with Los Angeles FC, for whom helium mas contributed 8 assists successful 13 league games this play aft scoring 12 goals successful 13 past clip around, with 54 planetary goals to his name.

Lee Kang-In is not involved, however, arsenic helium is connected work with Paris Saint-Germain astatine the Champions League last successful Budapest, portion Bayern Munich centre-back Kim Min-jae volition pb the defence into the World Cup.

Trinidad and Tobago are acceptable to beryllium without goalkeeper Denzil Smith for Sunday's friendly, meaning Jabari Brice whitethorn commencement betwixt the sticks oregon Teshorne Ragoo volition beryllium handed a debut.

Roald Mitchell volition get from MLS broadside New York Red Bulls and whitethorn proceed to pb the enactment aft starting successful the FIFA Series.

Elsewhere, cardinal antheral Levi Garcia, who scored a brace past clip retired and boasts 12 planetary goals, whitethorn besides not beryllium progressive successful Derek King's squad.

South Korea imaginable starting lineup:

S Kim; H Lee, M Kim, J Kim; Seol, Paik, I Hwang, T Lee; J Lee, Son, H Hwang

Trinidad and Tobago imaginable starting lineup:

Brice; Payne, Yearwood, Ngwenya, Powder; Garcia, Greene, David, Nakhid, Thomas; Mitchell

We say: South Korea 3-0 Trinidad and Tobago

Aiming to kickstart their preparations for the World Cup connected American soil, South Korea should marque nary mistake successful cruising past Trinidad and Tobago successful Utah, adjacent if they opt to rotate passim the game.

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